He's not going to leave with an Oscar, but Jimmy Kimmel will be scrutinized as much as any winner or loser — so goes the job of hosting the Academy Awards.

Sunday night's ceremony marks perhaps the biggest professional night of a long career for the "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" host. Though he's hosted the Emmys twice, the Oscars routinely brings in the biggest audience of any award show.

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It amounts to a lot of pressure for any performer, but Kimmel has succeeded at every stop in his wide-ranging career. Here's what to know about the host.

1. He got his start in radio

The 49-year-old Brooklyn-native moved to Las Vegas with his family when he was 9. While he was in high school, a friend told Kimmel "You should be on the radio," and a showbiz career was born.

"I started doing a half-hour Sunday-night talk show on college radio station, KUNV," Kimmel told Variety last year. "That excited me more than anything I’d ever done. I went through the Yellow Pages to find people who seemed interesting. I’d goof on these people, but they were so excited to be on the radio that they didn’t even notice."

He stayed on the airwaves in college at Arizona State and moved on to professional gigs in Seattle, Phoenix and Tuscon. He then got a big break with a stint as Jimmy the Sports Guy on "The Kevin and Bean Show" on KROQ in Los Angeles.

2. Comedy Central's "Man"

Most TV viewers' first exposure to Kimmel came in 1997 on Comedy Central's "Win Ben Stein's Money", a game show he co-hosted with the title actor. The pair even shared a Daytime Emmy in 1999.

The same year as his Emmy win, Kimmel, along with friends Adam Carolla and Daniel Kellison, created "The Man Show." It might not have been the most progressive series, but its joyous celebration of masculinity made it one of Comedy Central's most popular shows. It was noted for its "Juggy" dancers, the late, great beer-guzzling emcee "The Fox," and skits that poked fun at political correctness -- who can forget The Man Show Boy?

3. You can thank him for many of your viral videos

Not everyone can stay up for Kimmel's late-night show, which he started in 2003. But thanks to the wonders of the Internet, you can still be a fan.

Kimmel is used to playing to a late-night audience, but he's also no stranger to award shows. Along with emceeing the Emmy's, he's also hosted the ESPYs and the American Music Awards.

In 2012, he also worked one of the more unique crowds in the country at the White House Correspondents Dinner.

Asked by the Las Vegas Sun if he'd be interested in hosting the event in this contentious political year, Kimmel said "If it seemed like it was going to be very uncomfortable, I would consider it. I’m attracted to that kind of situation. But I don’t know that it would be worth all the blowback. I did it once — it went well. Why put myself through that nightmare again? My dream is to be only saddled with doing [the talk show]. That would be just fine with me."

5. He's thinking about the end...

... Of late night, at least.

Kimmel's contract takes him to the fall of 2019, and he told Variety "at a certain point, I’d like to have a little more free time. I have very little free time as it is."

So what'll be next for the radio host-turned-face of the 89th Oscars? Kimmel said it won't necessarily being in show business. He enjoys drawing and sculpture and hopes to write a book someday.